Wednesday, April 27, 2011

VeryHot US Marine Force Recon VBSS (Sand Version) PREVIEW

This is the upcoming VeryHot: U.S. Marine Force Recon - VBSS operation training group (Sand Version) 1/6 scale uniform boxed set. Body and Head is NOT included.

Visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) is the term for maritime boarding actions and tactics, designed to capture enemy vessels, to combat terrorism, piracy and smuggling, and to conduct customs, safety and other inspections, as employed by modern navies, marine and maritime services, military and police forces. [source: wiki]

USN (United States Navy) VBSS teams are generally armed with Mk 18 or M4 carbines as well as Mossberg 500 shotguns and Beretta M9 pistols. The body armor is generally of the kevlar, law enforcement type with ballistic plate inserts and a buoyant tactical vest that doubles as a life preserver.

United States Navy training begins with non-lethal-weapons (NLW) training and handling including withstanding OC (Oleoresin Capsicum) "pepper spray" and then moves on to Security Reaction Force-Basic (SRF-B), Security Reaction Force-Advanced (SRF-A), and VBSS.

The initial training continuum includes three courses lasting a total of eight weeks, with some team members receiving additional follow-on training. Skills taught in the VBSS Close Quarters Battle (CQB) courses include tactical movement and shooting, defensive tactics, rappelling, searching, and other team skills.

Some units, known as Helicopter Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (HVBSS) teams have been trained to fast rope aboard vessels from helicopters.

Regular sailors in the Navy are eligible to serve aboard VBSS teams depending on the ship's command structure. The majority of US Naval ships that deploy VBSS teams are smaller ships such as guided missile destroyers, guided missile frigates, etc. VBSS teams are used to combat illegal narcotics and arms trafficking and piracy.

The U.S. Coast Guard is another service that commonly responds to VBSS scenarios. Law enforcement boarding teams from cutters and stations are generally armed with SIG P229 pistols, Remington M870P shotguns, and M16 rifles. Additionally, the Coast Guard has a number of specialized units within its Deployable Operations Group that have advanced boarding capabilities.

7 comments:

Hi Alex. I'm Dyo a 1/6 army collector from Indonesia. And I have Veryhot VBSS green uniform. One thing made me confused is how can I put the earphone (don't know the real name XD) while the headsculpt of hot toys is too wide for this item.

Hi Dyo the trick is to find a smaller head that can fit both the earphone and helmet ;p that's why i don't usually buy loose items / uniform sets like these because you have to find the right headsculpt for a perfect fit. Some of the heads may be too wide or too big so you need to search for a smaller head to fit.

Also Very Hot is not up there with their quality which is why their products are considerably cheaper. They are nice from far but when zoomed in, they become far from nice. Mostly good for upgrading and adding on to existing figures to boost the appeal although I have used some sets to bash a complete figure as well :)

Hot Toys don't do military figures anymore so that would mean that it is a old figure whereas Soldier Story is more current and hence their figure would be more updated in terms of gear and weapons. I would go with Soldier Story if I had to make the decision. Cheers

Force Reconnaissance (FORECON) is one of the United States Marine Corps' special operations capable forces (SOC) that provides essential...

hot toys T-800

T-800 comparisons

hot toys T1 T-800

hot toys T2 T-800

T2 T-800 with M134 Mini-gun

T2 T-1000

Hot Toys T2 Sarah Connor

T3 T-850

hot toys T4 John Connor

hot toys robocop 1

hot toys ed-209

robocain

hot toys robocop 3

hot toys "Appleseed" Deunan Knute

Briareos Hechatonchires

Medicom Motoko Kusanagi

Takara Motoko Kusanagi

Takara VIS Eris

God Complex: Hermes

Hot Toys King Leonidas

ACI Flamma

Celadus Thraex

Astacius Retiarius

Hot Toys Lt. Aldo Raine

col. hans landa (Christoph Waltz)

Hot Toys Blade

Hot Toys Abigail Whistler

Green Arrow

Leon S Kennedy

Jack Krauser

"Resident Evil: Extinction" Alice

Hot Toys Alice

Hot Toys Silken Floss (Scarlett Johansson)

VTS Stone Cold Killer

bruce willis as john mcclane from die hard

SEAL Lt AK Waters

Forrest Gump

DID Captain "Millers"

DiD Ranger Marksman "Private Daniel"

matt damon as private ryan

DiD Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg

USMC SSgt Nantz

Hot Toys USMC M249 SAW GUNNER

Jake Gyllenhaal as USMC Scout Sniper Swofford

Johnny Depp as John Dillinger.

Eric Bana as Norman "Hoot" Hooten

Rick Deckard Blade Runner

roy batty replicant

Steve McQueen as Josh Randall

Robert De Niro Taxi Driver

clint eastwood dirty harry

Léon: The Professional

enterbay jack bauer

Playhouse GSG-9

Subway 24 Hero

DiCaprio as Dom Cobb

Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills

Samuel L Jackson as John Shaft

John Travolta as Vincent Vega

Duke Togo Golgo 13

bruce Lee, Game of Death

jackie chan (成龍)

RIP Steve Jobs

iCEO steve jobs

3A Pathfinder Ono

3A Badbot

StatCounter from 2008

Flag Counter since January 20, 2009

Disclaimer

All entries written in my blog is of my own personal opinion and copyrighted. Third-party images are copyrighted by their respective owners. Please contact these rightful owners for their usage terms & conditions. I will not be responsible for copyright issues nor infringement thereof for third-party images I post on my blog. Reposting of my blog images is acceptable with written permission from myself and a courtesy link back to this blog.

If there is any infringement issue, kindly email me: cowpehcowbu[at]gmail[dot]com and i will gladly remove them immediately. By the way, free toys are always welcome.